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Trabutia eucalypti, CJce. Mass. 
Epiphylla ; stroma coriacea, suborbicularis (3 mm. diam.), con- 
vexo-rugulosa, atra, nitida, peritheciis in stromate innatis pro- 
tuberantiis, ostiolo minuto pertusis. Ascis cylindrico -clavatis. 
Sporidiis elliptico-lanceolatis, continuis, hyalinis, 30 x 8-9 /x. 
On leaves of Eucalyptus viminalis, /3 mannifera. Tasmania. 
Clypeolum zeylanicum, CJce Mass. 
Peritheciis sparsis, superficialibus, dimidiato-scutatis, atris, 
nitidis mm. diam.), macula nulla, vel macula brunnea indeter- 
minata insidentibus. Ascis clavatis. Sporidiis ellipticis, unisep- 
tatis, hyalinis, 11x3 /x. 
On coriaceous leaves. Ceylon. 
Micropeltis depressa, CJce Sf Mass. 
Epiphvlla. Perithecio dimidiato, depresso, orbiculari, atro, 
opaco, centro poro pertuso, ambitu plano (circa ^ mm. diam). 
Ascis clavatis, substipitatis. Sporidiis lanceolatis, triseptatis, 
hyalinis, 35-38 x 8-9 /x. 
On leaves of Cula acuminata. Fernando Po. 
Microcera pluriseptata, CJce. fy Mass. 
Exigua, sparsa, pulvinata, aurantia, sessilis, coni diis bacillaribus, 
utrincjue conico-attenuatis, rectis, vel leniter curvulis, ad 11-septa- 
tis, hyalinis, 100-120 x 10 fx. Sporophoris filiformibus, ramosis. 
On Calocera glossoides and on bark. Cordova, Mexico (Salle). 
Cheetomella furcata, CJce. <$f Mass. 
Peritheciis superficialibus, sparsis, subglobosis, astomis, nigris, 
undique setosis, pilis erectis, sursum bi-vel tri-dichotomis, fuscis ; 
sporulis ovatis, vel subamygdaloideis, pallide fuscis, 10-11 x 8 /x. 
On coriaceous leaves. Sikkim. 
BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
Notes and Additions , No. 1. 
By William Phillips, F.L.S. 
I purpose in this and other contributions to these pages to deal 
with several species which were not included in the “ Manual of 
British Discomycetes,” either from oversight or from some doubt 
remaining on my mind as to the correct determination of speci- 
mens sent to me by correspondents. The evil of species making is 
one to be anxiously avoided ; on the other hand it only adds to 
confusion when a plant is wrongly-referred to an already described 
species, and this is sometimes done when an immediate determina- 
tion is called for. I shall seek the opportunity here of revising 
such work, as well as recording the occurrence of new species. 
The awakened interest in this group of fungi will bring to light 
many plants described by the older authors hitherto overlooked, 
and while confirming the words of the illustrious Fries that 
